No one in his right mind would invade a sandbox country run by an idiot dictator over 10,000 miles away. Iraq posed no threat whatsoever to our country.
Dem Says Aides Face Starvation Because of Sequester
A tearful Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla) blamed “heartless Republicans” for the “severe hardships” the sequester is imposing on members of her staff.
“Nearly half of my office
Hispanic poor minorities that cannot secure jobs in an overwhelmed market. The more immigration, the less jobs. Simple mathematics provides a despairing future for all Americans.
People of this world make it a charming, exciting and confusing place. You must maintain the ability to deal with everyone, with your mind and spirit—at full bore. To see is to know and to know is to fall in love with living, throbbing life.
Ten years ago, the U.S. invasion of Iraq was only hours away, but the case for this unprovoked war was already falling apart with exposure of hyperbole, half-truths and even a forgery. On March 18, 2003, a group of U.S. intelligence veterans pleaded
Egypt's Ruling Party Rejects UN Declaration of Human Rights
Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood vehemently denounced a United Nations' declaration on women's rights saying it could destroy society by allowing women to travel, work, and use contracep
Well, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is at it again. In their typical obsessive hate-filled paranoia, the SPLC has issued another baseless assassination piece against anyone whom they consider to be “right-wing.” They call their hit piece, “T
Ten years ago, as the clock was ticking down to George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, a campaign of U.S. government lies and exaggerations had convinced many Americans that they were the ones under threat.
After a messy confirmation — which asked new questions about drone assassinations and old questions about enhanced interrogations — John Brennan has taken over at CIA. But his past may not be so easily forgotten in a world looking for accountability
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad,charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
“How do you become finely attuned to those essential moments in your life?” asks Studna. “They’re easiest to see when involved with something that inspires or ignites you.”
I was reminded of Animal Farm recently when I flew into my home airport. As I was walking to the parking lot, I noticed a very nice, expensive car parked in the “Authorized Cars Only” area of the airport. This parking area is much closer to the termi
McCain Calls Fellow Senators “Wacko Birds”
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz) assailed fellow Senators Rand Paul (R-Ken) and Ted Cruz (R-Tex) as “wacko birds” for participating in a 13-hour long filibuster against the confirmation of CIA Director nomine
“Just across the East River from Manhattan’s skyscrapers sits one of the nation’s most polluted neighborhoods, fouled by generations of waste, overflow from the city’s sewage and an underground oil leak bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill.”
“Carl Studna has written a brilliant book about how to be fully present and fully self-loving in each moment of our lives. I highly recommend this unique book to everyone who desires to live an inspired, deeply impassioned and purposeful life.”
Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern suggests, "You may wish to draw on some of the following talking points for today’s meeting, cast in the first-person, as though you were speaking."
Domestic violence in America: One in four U.S. adult women is a victim of domestic violence in her lifetime. A woman in America suffers a violent attack every 15 seconds 24/7. Three women are killed by a current or former intimate partner daily.
Sequester Hits, Disasters Loom
“Fiscal bloodbath” is how one federal official speaking off-the-record described the early impacts of the much dreaded budget sequester. “We're looking at the cancellation of many mission-critical government activiti
Most of us are taught from childhood to respect and obey the law. On the whole, Americans are law-abiding people. This is only fitting for a nation that was built on the principles of law. Remember, at our core, this is supposed to be a “nation of la
The probability that we will experience imminent global societal collapse in the event that we remain ignorant or in denial and fail to respond intelligently is 100 percent.
Humans, to be sure, need to get a clue that they are not God’s gift to the world. In fact, Shim Schimmel, the renowned artist said, “With creatures like human beings, even the stars aren’t safe.”
The “American Dream” that involves a birth-right expectation of more and more. What we have done to this planet on which we all depend has now committed us to a future of less and less.